Amended in Assembly May 1, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 21, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2016

Introduced by Assembly Member Campos

February 20, 2014

An act to add Section 51207 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2016, as amended, Campos. Pupil instruction: sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention.

Existing law prescribes required courses of study in grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the adopted course of study to include instruction, as provided, at the appropriate elementary and secondary grade levels.

This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2017, the State Board of Education, based upon the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to begin delete adopt end delete begin insert consider adopting end insert age-appropriate content standards for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention, including information on available counseling and resources for children who are sexually abused. begin insert The bill would also require the state board, based upon a recommendation by the Superintendent, to consider including information in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention in the Health Framework for California Public Schools when next revised. end insert

The bill would authorize school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction, pursuant to the content standards adopted by the state board, for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, as applicable, in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention. The bill would provide a procedure for excusing a pupil from that instruction.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 51207 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

51207.  

(a)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert On or before March 1, 2017, begin insert the state board
shall, end insert based upon the recommendations of the Superintendent, begin delete the
state board shall adopt end delete begin insert consider adopting end insert age-appropriate content
standards for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades
1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness
and prevention, including information on available counseling and
resources for children who are sexually abused.

begin insert

(2) The state board shall, based upon a recommendation by the
Superintendent, consider including information in sexual abuse
and sexual assault awareness and prevention, including
information on available counseling and resources for children
who are sexually abused, in the Health Framework for California
Public Schools when next revised.

end insert

(b) (1) School districts, county offices of education, and charter
begin insert schools end insert may provide age-appropriate instruction, pursuant to the
content standards adopted by the state board under subdivision
(a), for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, as applicable, in sexual abuse and sexual assault
awareness and prevention.

(2) Upon written request of the pupil’s parent or legal guardian,
a pupil in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, or grades 1 to
12, inclusive, shall be excused from taking instruction in sexual
abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention established
pursuant to this section.